Bay to Birdwood Stories: 1971 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1

In our series Bay to Birdwood Stories, entrant Anne Pijanka tells us the story of her prized 1971 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1, how she came to own it and how it came to be in the Daniel Radcliffe movie Escape from Pretoria.
Watch all seven episodes and documentary Life in The Past Lane: 40 Years of the Bay to Birdwood at ctvplus.org.au/content/bay-to....
Bay to Birdwood Stories was produced in partnership with the History Trust of South Australia and the National Motor Museum.

[@JonDingle]

Great car and story, may she live long and cherish and keep driving her lovely Jaguar Series 1. Makes me want a Series 1 XJ more than ever!

[@johnbraggins3294]

I had a 2.8 manual mk1 . It was a lovely motor.

[@richardautenzio8117]

I had a series 1 in the early 70's and it was a fantastic car. And yes the series 3 did not Impress me either, especially with the Pininferrina input and changes to the original design, that William Lyons once said "it was the best car he has ever made". Today as a modern car I drive a 1996 XJ6 which was designed by Geoff Lawson, who removed all the changes that Pininferrina has made to Lyons original design. I only wish they had put back the series 1 dashboard in my 1996 XJ6.

[@ironica15031955]

Wonderful XJ6, series 1 was the best looking. Unusual colour too ….

[@nigelbond4056]

My kind of lady. I also have a 1971 4.2 XJ6, a fabulous car. Mine’s white with navy blue interior 👌

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

What a beautiful car. I’m biased as I’ve had several series 1 and 2’s over the years. I then had Xjs’s and now have two 308 jags. Series 1 is the best looking of course though… 👍🏻

[@biroldjoshan3745]

Lovely series 1 , interesting stories, thanks for showing

[@c44adelaide]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@swedishmansion8262]

I have the same but 1970. It`s a nice car to drive......

[@michaelwalker9945]

Shame about the leaping jag on the bonnet it was never meant to be there

[@JonDingle]

Well that is a matter of opinion. There are other things that are more incorrect about the car than the leaper. For example, chrome wheel arches, chrome headlight braces and then the colour is wrong. I have put the larger leaper on my XJ6 Series 2, Series 3, 2003 S Type V6 and soon I will be putting it on my 2001 XJ8. If it's a Jaguar it can wear the Jaguar mascot!